while that is a simplistic answer and there are many other factors in this fan's declining interest in the game itself, he is certainly contributing.

That and my own alma mater being unable to field a football coach that has actual game awareness.

Oh nevermind.

I got better shite to do on fall Saturdays. Took me a while to figure that out, but that's just how it is.

How many hours and $$ have I wasted spectating? When I could have been either earning $$ or at least gaining meaningful life experience DOING something, rather than watching other people DO something?

Too much.

I'm done with all of it. The commercialization, the media, the corruption, the faux debt-based prosperity of certain athletic departments (big 3 -- UAT, LSU, UTK), the piped in music, the security bullshite at the games, the prices of everything, the endless commercials (paralleling the NFL there) during TV coverage, satellite providers dropping SEC centric networks...

I could go on but what's the point.

I'm moving on now. And I'm sure that the rest of 'fandom' won't give a shite -- and they shouldn't.

They need to figure this out on their own and some will.

If I ever need a football fix, I'll attend the local HS game. At least, in most cases, HS football hasn't been corrupted with overwhelming $$ and the attendant evil those kinds of funds attract, like flies to a pile of shite (hat tip -->Anthrax the band).